An expert panel joins CCFP and the Niskanen Center to discuss Katharine Stevens’s new report on the strengths and weaknesses of Build Back Better’s early care and education legislation, and the best path forward for federal policy.

Katharine B. Stevens joins an expert panel at RISE 2023 to discuss the policy and practice of supporting a mixed delivery system and parental choice in early education.

The question of childcare is fundamentally about with whom and in what environments young children spend the critical first years of their lives. A growing focus on other policy goals is causing us to leave out this essential piece of the family picture.

Katharine B. Stevens talks with the filmmakers of “THE ANTIDOTE,” Kahane Cooperman and John Hoffman, about how they hope their new film drives a national discussion about the essential role of kindness and compassion in a civil democracy.

Leaders from Ascend at the Aspen Institute join Katharine Stevens to discuss how their two-generation approach to improving social welfare programs aligns services around parents and their young children, helping build an intergenerational cycle of opportunity for families.

Four early childhood leaders join Katharine Stevens to discuss their vision for more effective program-family partnerships in a post-pandemic world.

Three Swedish childcare experts describe the unintended consequences of Sweden's implementation of universal childcare and discuss lessons the US can draw from Sweden’s experience.

James Heckman joins Katharine Stevens for an in-depth discussion of his interdisciplinary research on human capital development and skill formation over the life cycle, the origins of inequality and social mobility, and the crucial role of families in children’s development.

Four educators from disadvantaged communities in California’s Bay Area join Katharine Stevens to discuss the challenges and effects of virtual teaching.

Learning loss has been extensive during the pandemic, hurting some students more than others. Katharine Stevens joins the National Press Foundation for an in-depth conversation on how to close schools' growing COVID inequality gap.

Early reading proficiency is a crucial predictor of school, work, and life success. But a deeply flawed idea about how to teach reading is widening early inequalities, setting millions of children up to fail.

Leaders from Wonderschool join Katharine Stevens to explain their new technology-based initiative for family childcare networks, which was named one of Fast Company’s 10 most innovative education companies of 2019.

For the centennial anniversary of the Women's Bureau, three childcare experts join Katharine Stevens for a special webinar on family childcare. What is uniquely valuable about home-based childcare? What is causing its decline? What is needed now to restore this crucial sector — especially in a post-COVID-19 world?

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine recently released a report, “A Roadmap to Reducing Child Poverty,” describing two packages of federal policies aiming to cut US child poverty by half within a decade. An expert panel joins Katharine Stevens to discuss the realistic prospects for the report’s proposals to improve children’s lives.

Leaders from Public Prep and the Parent-Child Home Program explain their innovative, new partnership, followed by a panel discussion on the potential of K–12 collaboration with early childhood and the implications of including birth-to-kindergarten in federal education law.

Katharine Stevens joins a panel of experts at the Centennial Institute for a discussion of market-based policies that strike a healthy balance between family wellbeing and a prosperous economy.

Dr. Beatrice Beebe presents her pioneering research on mother-infant interactions, followed by a discussion with Katharine Stevens.

Four retired military leaders join Katharine Stevens to discuss how high-quality early childhood programs can help prepare more children for success in school and in life, including in the military for those who choose to serve.

Katharine Stevens joins a panel of experts to analyze the proposed Promoting Affordable Childcare for Everyone (PACE) Act and discuss other approaches to increasing the affordability of child care for low-income American families.

Photojournalist Chris Arnade presents his striking photos of 'forgotten America,' illuminating profound gaps between the reality experienced by millions of struggling Americans and policy discussions in Washington, DC.